Karjat taluka, Raigad

Karjat taluka is a taluka in Raigad district of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

MLA
(Karjat constituency)
 * Mahendra Thorve

Tahasildar & Executive Magistrate
Dr. Shital Rasal
 * Tehsildar

Prant Adhikari

 * MS. Vaishali Pardesi

Police commissioner
Mr. Anil Gherdikar Mr. Surendra Garad Mr. Sanjay Shantaram Bangar
 * Sub-Division. Superintendent of Police. Karjat
 * Po.ni - Karjat Po.Ste. Po.N.
 * Po.ni - Neral Po.Ste. S.P.N.

Chairperson & Deputy Chairperson Panchayat Samiti
Smt. Sushma Tai Thackeray
 * Chairperson -

Smt. Jaywanti Hindola
 * Deputy Chairperson -

Raigad district
As of August 2015, there were 8 sub-divisions, 15 talukas, 1970 villages, 60 revenue circles and 350 sazzas in Raigad district. The talukas being Alibag, Karjat, Khalapur, Mahad, Mangaon, Mhasala, Murud, Panvel, Pen, Poladpur, Roha, Shrivardhan, Sudhagad Pali, Tala and Uran.

Demographics
Karjat taluka has a population of 212,051 according to the 2011 census. Karjat had a literacy rate of 80.65% and a sex ratio of 966 females per 1000 males. 25,216 (11.89%) are under 7 years of age. 52,485 (24.75%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 5.43% and 23.94% of the population respectively.

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 85.19% of the population in the taluka spoke Marathi, 3.88% Hindi, and 3.41% Urdu as their first language. 3.90% of the population recorded their language as 'Others' under Marathi.

Village

 * Neral
 * Kalamb Karjat
 * Kashele
 * Shelu
 * Damat